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sailed2japan · 10-29-2010, 02:52 PM

I that case, I say forget about all the rest of this stuff and slap on a flat bed and some stacks.

It's definately a whole new ball game. I'd look into swapping in a later model front cross member with some discs on it and getting lowering shackles for the rear and a drop spindle for the front. That is if you still decide to lower it. I think running a flat bed and some stacks would be easier, just as cool and more unique.

10-29-2010, 02:52 PM	#13
sailed2japan Jonny Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Outside the Box, Austin,TX Posts: 741	Re: Is a 1 ton to 1/2 ton conversion possible without a new frame? I that case, I say forget about all the rest of this stuff and slap on a flat bed and some stacks. It's definately a whole new ball game. I'd look into swapping in a later model front cross member with some discs on it and getting lowering shackles for the rear and a drop spindle for the front. That is if you still decide to lower it. I think running a flat bed and some stacks would be easier, just as cool and more unique. __________________ 1966 C30, Cummins, stacks, and a flat bed in progress... "Honor.....simply put, A veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve is someone who, at one time in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America', for an amount of 'up to and including his life.' That is Honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it." -AEC Hundley USNR Last edited by sailed2japan; 10-29-2010 at 02:56 PM.